Loading map...

1948 Map of Clipper Mills

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Clipper Mills
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Clipper Mills and the surrounding timber and mining country of the northern Sierras appear here in the late 1940s. Situated along the boundary of Butte Co Yuba Co, this landscape is defined by its deep canyons and resource extraction, notably the Triumph Mine and the Monte de Oro Mine. The community at Woodleaf and the local Clipper Mills School serve as central points for a population dispersed among isolated outposts like Maynards Ranch and Bean Ranch.

A network of ridges, including Lumpkin Ridge and Fields Ridge, separates the drainages of the Feather River and Lost Creek. The map documents the industrial infrastructure of the era, from the Sawmill at Woodleaf to the Lost Creek Reservoir and various siphons and canals used for water management. Large portions of the territory fall within the Plumas National Forest, where features like Feather Falls and Golden Trout Crossing highlight the transition from working landscape to protected wilderness.